Increased prevalence of thyroglobulin antibodies in Sri Lankan schoolgirls - Is iodine the cause?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-188

  Premawardhana, L D K E ^a   Parkes, A B ^a   Smyth, P P A ^a   Wijeyaratne, C N ^a   Jayasinghe, A ^a   De Silva, D G H ^a   Lazarus, J H ^a  

^a ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SEROPREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033854349     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1430185     Document Type: Article

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